by firehazard Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:19 am
The Pogues star Shane MacGowan up for classic album award
Singer nominated for Classic Brit honour after recording track on hit album by The PriestsFormer Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit award.
The singer features on a hit album by The Priests, performing a version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.
The group are up for best album with their third release Noel, alongside Aled Jones and the Benedictine Nuns Of Notre-Dame.
Jones – shortlisted for his Christmas Gift release – also lines up against a teenager whom he manages, 13-year-old Isabel Suckling, nominated for her album The Choirgirl Isabel.
MacGowan is noted for his colossal drink intake over many years, but made an unlikely pairing with the group – all ordained Catholic priests – last year.
Members of the public will choose one of 10 nominees to win the best album titleat next month's awards...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ap ... assic-brit"Former" Pogues frontman? Has anyone told him?
[b]The Pogues star Shane MacGowan up for classic album award
Singer nominated for Classic Brit honour after recording track on hit album by The Priests[/b]
Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit award.
The singer features on a hit album by The Priests, performing a version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.
The group are up for best album with their third release Noel, alongside Aled Jones and the Benedictine Nuns Of Notre-Dame.
Jones – shortlisted for his Christmas Gift release – also lines up against a teenager whom he manages, 13-year-old Isabel Suckling, nominated for her album The Choirgirl Isabel.
MacGowan is noted for his colossal drink intake over many years, but made an unlikely pairing with the group – all ordained Catholic priests – last year.
Members of the public will choose one of 10 nominees to win the best album titleat next month's awards...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/07/the-pogues-shane-macgowan-classic-brit
[i]"Former" Pogues frontman? Has anyone told him?[/i]
